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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
The U.S. political and military intervention in Honduras can be accounted from the United Fruit company and the exploitation of resources in the “bananeras” or plantations; to the use of the Honduran territory for military purposes: to maintain control of the region, to overthrow a democratic elected president in Guatemala in the 1950’s; and to overthrow … Continued
Two federal court rulings in Georgia will mean potentially thousands of additional votes will be counted in the highly contested elections. And in Florida today a federal court starts a hearing to decide recount timetables, ballot disqualification rules and whether GOP Gov. Rick Scott can sit on a panel that will certify who wins the race. To talk … Continued
A conversation on the history of the Brown Dynasty in California with historian Mirian Pawell author of The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation. Guest: Miriam Pawel is author and a Pulitzer-prize winning editor and reporter. She is the author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, and The Union … Continued
A wide-ranging conversation with Nation Magazine’s Washington correspondent John Nichols about the midterm elections, the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the direction of the new Congress. Guest: John Nichols is the National Affairs Correspondent of the Nation Magazine.
The day after the election, some of the predictions in the large picture have been confirmed where the Democrats would take control of the House of Representatives, while the Republicans extended their lead in the Senate. For analysis about these results we are joined by Thomas Frank, Barbara Arnwine, and Geoffrey Kabaservice. Guest: Thomas Frank … Continued
A conversation with Professor Thomas E. Mann about of some of the most consequential midterm elections in the history of U.S. politics, including the 1994 midterm when Newt Gingrich and the Republicans took power in the House of Representatives for the first time in forty years. And in 2010, when the Tea Party swept many Republicans … Continued
A conversation with Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson. She has been conducting research in the last forty years on how mass communication affects politics. After conducting extensive forensic analysis of the 2016 election, she says there’s a a strong case to be made that the alleged Russian hacking of the DNC and pushing information obtained was enough … Continued
A conversation on the Republicans within the Nixon administration who opposed the president and Nixon’s attempt to use the federal government to go after his political enemies. Guest: Michael Koncewicz is the Cold War Collections Specialist at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. He previously worked for the National … Continued
A conversation with Professor Matt Grossmann about his research on how the two major parties are changing and resulting in a wide polarization and dysfunctional governing. The Republican Party he says, is the vehicle of an ideological movement while the Democratic Party is a coalition of social groups. Republican leaders prize conservatism and attract support by … Continued
A conversation with Professor Christopher R. Browning about the similarities and differences in which the current political situation in the United States resembles the interwar period of WWI and WWII and the rise of fascism in Europe. Guest: Christopher R. Browning is Frank Porter Graham Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the … Continued
